Omo - L.2 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 367, Omo - L.2,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tuff B-10-1 (2.95+-.03ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: paleodune to the north, cut and fill process
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: tuffite, clayey silt, gravel, med-coarse (member description and thickness)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 404, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, and I. McDougall. 1989. Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:595-622 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21549: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus sp.
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus cf. acoelotus, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Aepyceros shungurae, Kobus oricornis, Redunca sp.
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Kobus oricornis antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus afarensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti